Emmy Nominations 2013: The 44 Biggest Snubs

You can’t always get what you want — especially when it comes to Emmy nominations. And so while today’s announcement of the 2013 contenders included a number of fresh faces and nifty surprises (huzzah for Anna Chlumsky!), we still found ourselves yelling The S Word — “Snubs!” of course — at the questionable judgment of those at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

Check out our list of this year’s 44 most egregious omissions from the race — damn, some of ’em really sting, don’t they? — then hit the comments with the snubs that left you ready to storm Emmy HQ with brickbats and torches.

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JULIANA MARGOLIS IS NOT A SNUB! For the love of God, The Good Wife is one of the WORST SHOWS ON TELEVISION! Why does it deserve to be nominated for anything?! Just let this pile of horse s**t die already so something that might be tolerable can take it’s timeslot!

It offends me because I’m a fan of TV, and quality programming could take it’s place. As for Juliana, I have no problems with her. Thought she was great in The Lost Room, good guest stint on Scrubs, and she did what she could for Snakes On A Plane.

I seriously do not know how New Girl, Zooey Deschanel and Jake Johnson were all snubbed. New Girl had an unbelievable second season! I’ve never seen a show tackle dating within the same friend group so realistically and still make it hysterically funny. An absolute shame the show and leads were snubbed. I also think Max Greenfield still managed to have a strong season and should have been nominated.

Also, Hayden Panettiere was ROBBED; as much as I adore Connie Britton, if I had to pick one, I’d definitely pick Hayden. She was compelling and heartbreaking in a role I should have hated. That’s impressive.

The Emmys suck more and more every year. Their continued obsession with cable TV shows how mediocre they are in the first place. A television show isn’t better because they can swear and show boobs. Try not being adolescent boys and truly rewarding the best shows

Wow, of course there is no Monica Potter from Parenthood, but there is Connie Britton from Nashville? Seriously? Her character is so bland; Hayden Panettiere does the best work on Nashville and she doesn’t get nominated? And no Happy Endings noms? Ugh.

I think Parks and Rec hurts the most. I watch A LOT of TV, and year after year, I believe that Parks and Rec is the most deserving of winning the Outstanding Comedy Emmy, and year after year it gets swept over. It’s so disappointing to me.

I’m also extremely bummed at the fact that Walking Dead was completely ignored. It’s one of the most watched shows on TV, and it’s an incredibly beautiful show. Andrew Lincoln had some incredible performances this season, and he deserves to get recognized for it.

But hey, you don’t really know what’s running through the committee’s head, considering they felt that Modern Family was better than EVERY OTHER comedy on TV for the past three freaking years. Can you tell I’m angry about that?

John Noble on Fringe! It’s utterly ridiculous that he was never nominated. And Matthew Rys and Keri Russell on The Americans? It makes no sense that they were not nominated. Suits deserves some noms as well especially for Gabriel Macht, Patrick J Adams, Gina Torres, and Rick Hoffman as Louis Litt. I would have also liked Elementary to get some recognition, specifically Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu. Their scenes are just subtle, nuanced perfection.

How about Spartacus? If you ignore the blood and sex (not easy to do) you would see how well acted it is. I am sad that it gets no love because of the packaging, much like Battlestar Galactica got no love. The Emmy voters have no imagination and are too predictable.

Michael Cudlitz, Monica Potter and the absolutely AMAZING Linda Gray. Very sad they weren’t nominated. Not a surprise. The abhorrant Alec Baldwin gets nominated for sneezing. Obviously not honoring the best

What’s always obvious with the Emmy’s is there are clear favourites and the members rarely seem to stray outside of them. I can think of so many amazing performances that have just been ignored because the show they were a part of didn’t fit their ideals. I have to say, I stopped respecting the Emmy’s as a serious indicator of the season’s top performances a long time ago :/

They leave out Bones year after year. They have a great cast and they have all deserved to be nominated at one time or another. Some of the shows have covered some everyday issues. David and Emily are really great in their characters and should be acknowledge instead of snubbed as they always are for this award and many others. Even People’s Choice awards are the same shows and actors.

Jennifer Carpenter has been ignored for the entire run of Dexter. She keeps getting better and better – it is disgusting. Waldau from GOT was a huge omission, as well. Perhaps the biggest though was the absence of any main nominations for Walking Dead, IF you are going to complain that cable dominated the nominations, this is the #1 cable drama. Get with it Emmys!

The ones that stung the most for me were:
– No Best Drama for The Americans
– Nothing for Matthew Rhys or Keri Russell
– Parks & Rec snubbed for Best Comedy (I’m so over Modern Family)
– Jennifer Carpenter overlooked for Dexter again
– Hayden P lost out in favour of Connie Britton

And I know it’s quite divisive, and I’m not sure if it fits in comedy or drama, but I’d love The Newsroom to have scored a nod. Jeff Daniels got one but I would have liked recognition for the whole show

Really, outstanding drama should be a close call between Scandal, The newsroom and Hannibal… Tony Goldwyn, John Noble, Hugh Dancy and Mads Mikkelsen should all be up for outstanding lead actor…. Juliana Margulies and Emily Mortimer are missing their nominations for lead, as is Olivia Munn for supporting actress…. Enough already with all the Mad Men love, last season really was not even close to their first couple. Just my 2 cents…

Until the networks can make series that have no censorship rules , like the cable networks, there will always be this wall up,, in todays world of internet, text messing, you tube, instant gram, who are we protecting, If you talk to most kids around the age of 12, they have more knowledge of sex than most adults age 40, as for violence,, ok lets hold the window open and let the moral majority just jump out from the 30th floor, now that would get awards.
The gaming industry only has to put a rating on there games for x box, wii, Nintendo, cat in the hat, alice in la la land ,and its acceptable, Does WARCRAFT, AND HALO, ring a bell, for a country that is so called liberal, we really suck,, Europe, Asia, and many other countries are far more liberal than us.. so to all the bleeding hearts, moms with too much time on there hands, the holier than thou activists, and the ” I am here for the people” politicians, move, move anywhere, move to a iceberg, but get off your high and mighty soap box, we don’t need help,, “WE BE BIG KIDS NOW” this little rant was written by not a kid, not a teen, not even by the new age mental anguished working class, but by a seasoned old crazy senior who has been there and done that, who ran with sissors, who didn’t put enough close on to go out side in the snow, who didn’t tell his girlfriend to “trust me” . So damn lighten up , besides there are too damn many awards shows that we all know is on a popularity rating scale,, Ok dokays,, nuff said now I go and take my MEDS, tell the room warden to let me use the bedpan, and I will be good,,(ha ha, not gonna happen)

They absolutely need to split up the broadcast and cable shows/actors into separate categories. There are far too many talented people on broadcast tv being snubbed. Say what you want about the writing, the soapiness, the melodrama… but Jessica Capshaw, Sara Ramirez and Sandra Oh all did some amazing work this year and should be recognized. It’s an absolute travesty that Kerry Washington, who is average at best, got an Emmy nom and none of those 3 women did.

are they afraid if they stop nominating Modern Family someone will call them homophobic? because when Modern Family is taking up more than it’s fair share of comedy slots AGAIN, this begins to feel really old, really fast. honestly, none of this would be bad if they didn’t nominate the same people/same shows EVERY year. of course a couple of people/shows who deserve to get nominated won’t be nominated because there just aren’t enough slots, but the changes from year to year are minimal at best.

Don’t know why the Academy ignores New Girl and Parenthood two of the best shows on TV.
I have to say, Joel Kinnaman who plays Detective Holder on The Killing is my absolute favorite character on TV, it’s a shame this show goes unnoticed!

now lets predict the winners…just search,copy and paste last year’s outstanding performers/shows list and there it is…you’ve got it! there is no reason to watch or care about the emmys anymore…just lame and boring..

As my friend pointed out, actors/actresses have to submit their clip and pay a fee in order to be considered for nomination. It’s tough to say if it’s a snub or not w/o knowing whether people paid the fee. A few years ago, Kelsey Grammer didn’t submit a clip on purpose as he’d won so many times he wanted to give others a chance. It was called a “snub”, but it really wasn’t. John Laroquette did the same thing in the 80s when he was on Night Court.

Whoa, how was Andrew Lincoln NOT nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor?! Did they not see his reaction when he found out his on-screen wife (Sarah Wayne Callies) dies?! That was gut-wrenching and truly a masterpiece. Also, the entire show itself wasn’t even nominated for Outstanding Drama Series!!! How is that even remotely possible?! Do the higher-ups not watch The Walking Dead? Do they not realizes that nearly every episode leaves us on the edge of our seat? It’s a slap in the face to all of The Walking Dead’s cast and crew members.